Pumping mechanism for supplying railway-tanks



(No Model.)

H. P. GARSED. PUMPING MECHANISM FOR SUPPLYlNG RAILW No. 282,070.

AY TANKS. Patented July 31,883

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ROBERT P. GARSED, OF NORRISTOVVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

PUMPING MECHANISM FOR SUPPLYING RAILWAY-TANKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,070, dated July 31,1883.

Application filed March 24, 1882. (No model.)

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pumping,

mechanism embodying my invention. is a transverse section thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

My inventionrelates to mechanism for supplying railwaytanks and similarpurposes 5 and it consists of a hollow body communicating with a sourceof water-supply, in combination with a plunger and its stem, a' shoe, areturning-spring for said plunger, and hangers suspended from theroad-bed of a railwaytrack to form a support for the other device abovenamed.

It also consists of ahollow elastic sphere, used as the body aforesaid,in combination with a protecting-j acket, pipes leading to said sphereFig. 2

. from a source of water-supply, a plunger proprotecting jacket, B, andhas at its bottom an opening, a, which communicates with a verticalpipe, 0, connected to said jacket B, the latter being properly sustainedbelow the bed of a railroad.

D represents a plunger or head which is connected to thetop of the body,and its stem D extends vertically through the road-bed, so that 'itsupper end is adapted to be struck or engaged by the wheels or otherparts of a passing train, whereby the plunger will be depressed, saidupper end having secured to it a horizontal shoe, E, whose upper face isin clined, in order to cause gradual operation of the -weight or powersuperimposed thereon.

In order to return the plunger to its normal position, I provide aspring, E, which bears upwardly against a shoulder or crosspiece of thestem D, and rests on the bottom of a box or other inclosure, which issupported on the 5 5 road-bed, and its top and bottom walls serve toguide said stem D, it now being noticed that the action of the passingtrain and the spring E cause the plunger to alternately compress thebodyA and restore it to its normal position, or, in other words, to workthe body after the manner of a pump.

F represents a pipe, which at one end is secured .to and communicateswith the pipe 0, and at the other end is provided with astrainer, 6 5 F,the latter being inserted in a stream, spring, well, or other source ofsupply of water. To the pipe .0 is also secured a communicating pipe, G,which, by means of branches G,

leads to the tank H, the pipes F G being pro '70 vided with check-valvesb b. It will be seen that when the body A is worked water is drawnthrough the pipe F and forced into the pipe G, and thereby directed tothe tank, the invention providing simple, inexpensive, convenient, andeasily-operated meansof supplying said tank for the requirements of theroad and other purposes.

It is evident that the tank H may be supplied with air instead of water,in which case the strainer or rose F is not inserted or in1- mersed inthe water, but the operation of the pump is not affected.

\ The pump is shown firmly attached to a hanger which is rigidly securedto the cross- 8 5 ties; but it is evident that it may be pivoted to saidhanger, so that it will turn or move radially when the shoe receives theimpact of the wheels, thus avoiding abruptness of depression of the shoeand eonsequent concussion to 0 connected parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The mechanism for supplying railway- 5 tanks, consisting of a pumpformed of a hollow compressible body and its operating-plunger, the stemwhereof is provided with a shoe at its upper end, and a spring forreturning said )lun er said com )ressible bodv connnnnicat- 10o 1 e aing by pipes F with a source of water-supply, substantially as setforth. 7

2. The hollow elastic sphere or body provided with a protecting-jacketand communicating by pipes F with a source of water-supply, incombination with the plunger provided with an upwardly-extending stemwhich extends through the road-bed of a railway-track and is providedwith a shoe at its upper end, substantially as set forth.

3. The hollow elastic body, in combination with the plunger and itsstem, a shoe at the upper end of said stem, and a spring encircling saidstem and arranged in a box in the road-bed of a railway-track,substantially as set forth.

turning-spring for said plunger, in combina- 20 tion with hangerssuspended from the roadbed of a railway-track and forming a support forthe said mechanism.

12 P. GARsEDQ lVitnesses JOHN A. XVIEDERsHEIM, V. F. KIRCHER.

